(From the hang-up-and-drive department)Starting July 1, drivers can be ticketed by the police for driving with a cell phone up to their ear. (I would tell you specifically what law this is, but none of the three different media outlets I checked bothered to publish…
This site was pointed out to me by graduate copy editor Ashley: PostSecret.com"PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard."You are invited to anonymously contribute your secrets to PostSecret. Each secret can be…
Not owning a swimming pool hasn't stopped some teens in Bournemouth (in the UK) from throwing pool parties. They simply use Google Earth to find peoples with pools in their area, post it on facebook, and set a date. The parties are set for the…
What do you think? Is it possible?
That's right. She hiccupped 65 whole days! The story is from ketv.com which can be found here.OMAHA, Neb. -- A chronic case of the hiccups has an Iowa woman looking for a cure for her daughter.Dawn Swanger called the KETV NewsWatch 7 I-Team at the…
The story is from the Associated Press and can be found on MSNBC.com here.OSLO, Norway - A British woman's bulging wig did not fool customs agents in Norway who realized she wasn't just having a bad hair day.The wig was concealing 2.2 pounds of cocaine…
In honor of the slack-off season (aka the start of summer) I decided to post 12 of the stupidest criminals, provided by caderbooks.com. If you have a better one, feel free to post it.
I have a ton of GREAT applications on my desk and I am looking forward to combing through them with the Vox editorial staff tomorrow. I also had something come up and won't be in the office today, (Monday) so if anyone else wants to…
(From the "may-I-see-your-papers-please? department)I usually do not like to editorialize too much here - I like to let you squabble in the comments. However, this is an issue I feel we really need to address. It is scary and it is happening now.The title comes…
Leonard Pitts Jr. has been my favorite columnist printed in the Spokesman Review (besides Paul Turner) for a while now. He writes for the Miami Herald.In his column for June 8, 2008 he talks about how our current mind state resembles that of the cartoon…
I suppose it's highly childish of me to post this, but I can't help it. I work with teenagers. I have an excuse...Did Obama give Hillary the Finger? on FunnyOrDie.com
(From the I-am-putting-my-fingers-in-my-ears-and-whistling-loudly department)Politico has an interesting article which discusses last night's happenings on the Democratic side. It is focused on Obama "handling" Clinton, but I found this more interesting: Barack Obama would like to remind you of something: He won and she didn’t. It’s…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.
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